High power cost sent 90% of steel industries packing from Vidarbha: Experts

Nagpur: It has become very difficult for industries in Maharashtra, especially Vidarbha region, to compete with neighbouring states due to high cost of power and other related issues. The situation has exacerbated to an extent that out of over 175...

Ajni Clock Tower set to get a dazzling facelift soon, NMC to spend Rs 25 lakh
Nagpur: The Ajni Clock Tower in Nagpur, which was restarted after eight months in July this year, is set to get a grand facelift soon. The clock was repaired by the experts from HMT at an expense of Rs 2.25...

Dada Ramchand Bakhru Sindhu Mahavidyalay, Nagpur
Nagpur. Dada Ramchand Bakhru Sindhu Mahavidyalya, Nagpur and Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur in association with Maharashtra State Faculty Development Academy (MSFDA) and Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISER), Pune under the banner of Maharashtra State Development...

Minimata Nagar ESR cleaning on Nov 17, Bharatwada on 18 & Kalamana ESR on Nov 19
NMC-OCW Annual ESR Cleaning Drive-Lakadganj zone Nagpur: The Cleaning of the ESR's (Overhead Water Tank) plays a vital part in supplying good quality potable water to the citizens of Nagpur. Every year NMC-OCW cleans all the...

Winter Session: Assembly Speaker Narvekar takes stock of preparations at Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan
Centralised passes with bar codes to navigate people inside Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan: Speaker Nagpur: Rahul Narvekar, Speaker, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly along with Neelam Gorhe, Deputy Chairperson of Maharashtra Legislative Council paid a visit to Vidhan Bhavan in Nagpur on Tuesday, to...
Nagpur, Yavatmal coldest in Vidarbha as mercury dips to 13 deg Celsius on Nov 14
Nagpur: The minimum temperature in Nagpur dipped to 13 degrees Celsius on Monday from the 15 degrees Celsius the previous day, marking the cold weather conditions during night and early morning hours. The minimum temperature of Nagpur was hovering between 15...
South Nagpur MLA Mohan Mate appointed as Trustee of NIT
Nagpur: Maharashtra’s Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis Government has appointed BJP’s South Nagpur MLA Mohan Mate as Trustee of Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT). On his appointment as Trustee on NIT, Mate has thanked Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, State...
PETA India intervention gives new lease on life to over 60 roosters rescued from illegal cockfighting
Mumbai/Nagpur : Through a recently issued order, the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Khalapur in Raigad district, directed the rehabilitation of 64 roosters rescued by Khopoli police station. The Khopoli police station, acting on a tip off, had raided premises...
First time MLAs to get exclusive session to speak on issues during Winter Session in Nagpur
Nagpur: The Winter Session of Maharashtra Legislature to be held in Nagpur from December 19 will witness the first time MLAs being given an exclusive session to speak on issues of their constituencies. This tradition will be started from the...
Ex-CJI Bobde, Adv Salve, Chitaley to be honoured with Nag Bhushan Award on Nov 18
Nagpur: Justice Sharad Bobde, former Chief Justice of India (CJI); Adv Harish Salve, legal luminary; and Leelatai Chitaley, freedom fighter and social worker, will be honoured with the coveted Nag Bhushan Award ceremoniously on November 18 at 5.30 pm. The...
National OBC Mahasangh urges CM Shinde to provide caste validity certificates to OBC students
Nagpur: The National OBC Mahasangh has submitted a memorandum to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde urging him to direct the concerned departments to issue caste validity certificates to OBC students at the earliest. In Maharashtra, for admissions in Engineering, Medical,...
Arun Gawli granted parole for son’s marriage without police escort
Nagpur: The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court on Monday “partly allowed” gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli’s petition which sought extension of his four-day parole and removal of a police escort while out of jail. Gawli sought parole for his younger...
Tara Group organizes “Tara Pharma Cricket League-2” in Nagpur
Nagpur: Tara Group of Medicals organized “Tara Pharma Cricket League-2” (TPCL-2) in association with Tara Pharma Avengers from November 3 to 13 at Muzumdar Cricket Academy Cricket Ground, Vasant Nagar,Nagpur. The grand finale was held on November 13. Team Tara Pharma...
Torana acquires land in MIHAN SEZ
Nagpur: Torana Inc., an IT company in Nagpur recently acquired 2.21 acres land in MIHAN SEZ. The strength of Torana at their R&D center in Nagpur is 112 & the company is rapidly hiring. With the aim of a bigger...
Nagpur chemists move Deputy CM Fadnavis, oppose compulsion of CCTV at shops
Nagpur: The local chemists are opposed to interference of Nagpur police in their affairs and have sought exemption from the compulsion of installing CCTV at their establishments. The chemists approached Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and made out a...
Gadkari urges Ayurveda doctors not to prescribe allopathic medicines
Nagpur: The Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has urged the Ayurveda doctors to have complete faith in their practice, and avoid prescribing allopathic drugs and injections to patients coming to them. Gadkari was speaking at the concluding ceremony of ‘Ayurveda Parva’, an...
Arrest of Prajapati couple likely to expose many cases of child-lifting and selling gang
Nagpur: Following the arrest of Prajapati couple -- Yogendra and Rita – in the case of abducting and selling an 8-month old child in Kalmana, many cases of child-lifting and selling are likely to be exposed. The Prajapati...
Nagpur ATS court awards 12-year jail to four accused in fake currency case
The counterfeit currency was printed in Pakistan and smuggled to Bangladesh to circulate in India Nagpur: The Special Court of Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Nagpur convicted and sentenced four accused to 12 years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a fake currency...
NMC cracks down on litterbugs, recovers Rs 65,100 fine in 158 cases
Nagpur: The Nuisance Detection Squad (NDS) of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation has initiated stricter action against those who urinate at public places, litter, throw garbage, spit, use plastic bags less than 50 microns in public places. On Monday, the...
NMC pays tributes to Pt Nehru on his birth anniversary
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) paid rich tributes to the first Prime Minister of India Pt Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary on November 14. Deputy Commissioner Ravindra Bhelawe garlanded the statue of Pt Nehru and paid tributes. NMC...
Hitavada scribe Ishani Pankule passes away
Nagpur : Mrs. Ishani Vikram Pankule, Senior Sub-Editor and Reporter of the Hitavada passes away suddenly in the evening today. She was the wife of Vikram Pankule, a former corporator and daughter of Yogesh Thakkar. She...